Guys,
I have driven a number of pieces of farm equipment with "rear steer" and
find that one gets used to the odd sensation of his/her butt sliding around
the turns. It doesn't seem underdamped.
It is also a lot like steering an airplane with the rudder only...skid
turns in airplanes are not recommended but the feeling is there just the
same. I would try an in-line rear steer setup if I were to do it. I won't
tho. I have enough toys at the moment.
Skip
At 05:02 PM 10/1/2003 -0400, John Beckett wrote:
>Mayf
>
>Have had a difficult time putting into words the feeling of driving that
>car, but "power steering gone haywire" is probably the most accurate
>description I could have come up with.
>
>JB
>
>
>" My first inclination was to say the forces and moments are the same, but
>they ain't! The steering forces seem to be counter intuitive for rear steer
>than front. By that I mean when you are in front steer and turn the steering
>wheel the forces always keep needing the operator input to continue making
>the turn. But at the back end the forces are such that it is more like power
>steering gone haywire. It seems to assist the driver in making the turn and
>maybe that's the problem. The driver corrects but then needs to add more
>input then correct...and so on... sort of like sawing the steering wheel
>back and forth until the forces are so large that the operator has no
>control."
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